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M. HAMBURGER.

COMBINED BUTTON AND PASTBNBR.

No. 310,273. Patented Jan. 6,1885.

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MANES HAMBURGER, OF IQXSIEIING'ITON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA..

COMBINED BUTTON AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATIONfrming part of Letters Patent No. 310,273, dated January 6,1885.

Application filed April 7. 1SS4. (Nn model i and fastener embodying my invention. Fig, 2 is a vertical central section of' the same, Fig.

3 is a similar view ,showing a modified form of fastener.

Like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

My present invention relates tothe construction of that class of buttons other than those which are secured to the garment by thread,

l and to the means or fasteners for securing the button to a garment. Vhere the button is secured to the fabric by sewing, as in the ordi nary manner,the thread forms a flexible neck or stem between the button and fabric, which in a great measure relieves the fabric of" undue strain, and as a result the fabric is seldom, or never iorn. On the contrary, in the case of all buttons secured by what are now termed buttonfasteners,77 the strain is brought directly on the fabric, andthe common experience is, that the fastener is speedily torn ont, carrying with it the fabric and mntilating the garment. The cause of this tearing out of the fabric is beA canse the hold ofthe fastener upon the fabric is not only circnmscribed, but rigid, and the connection between the shell of" the button and the fastener is also rigid or non-elastic in its nature, so that the whole strain is brought upon the clamped or eircumscribed portion of the fabric.

The object of the presentinvention is, there fore, the production of a combined button and fastener which will relieve the fabric of the rigid strain upon the crcumscribeil or clamped portion, and, as near as possible in such adevice, operate like the old handsewed button.

I will now proceed to describe specifically one manner of carrying out my invention, so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may apply the same.

its flexible connection with the fastener or stem; C, the fastener, and D the fabric to which the button is attached. The stein B may be composed of the outer flexible fabric, cloth, leather, or rubber, as the case may be, and, if required to give body or stiffness to the same, an inner core, 2, of leather, cork, rubber, or like material. The flexible material composing the stem will extend into the space between the shell 3 and collet 4f, and will be clamped and hel d between the saine in the wellknown manner of forming buttons. The fierible material of the stem will also be secured to the fastener in any suitable manner, pref: erably as shown in the accompanying drawings-viz., by an annular collar, 5, (corresponding to the collet of a button) and a plate or disk, 6, (corresponding to the shell ofa bntton,) the parts 5 and G being united at their peripheries to clam p the flexible material. To this base-plate G the fastener is secured, and its general character is immaterial so far as the first part of' the invention is concerned; therefore I have shown both a separable, Fig. 2, and a permanent, Fig. 3, fastener; but as a matter of' choice I prefer the separable fastener, which 'is constructed by forming on or attaching to the base-plate G a projecting screwpeg, 7, of suchlength as will pass through the classof goods with which the button is designed to be used. In conjunction with said screw-peg I employ a nut or annular threaded washer, S, over which is sprung a cap, 9, or like means for concealing the end ofthe screwpeg.

ln Fig. 3, which shows a permanent fastencr, the base-plate 6 is provided with projecting `points 7?", and, instead of anut, a slotted clamping-disk, 8"", is used.

In the case of the separable fastening, Fig. 2, a small opening may be made in the fabric for the passage of the serei f-peg, and the button may be secured by applying and screwing home the nut S, while in ease ofthe permanent fastening the points 7 X may be forced through the fabric, passed through the clampingdisk S, and turned down against the disk.

In case of' a button having a flexible stemconnection with the fastener, and of the general character hereinbefore specified, it will ICO be observed that no rigid strain or sudden pull is brought to bear on the fastener and fabric, but on the contrary the flexible neck permits the button to yield lto movements of the body Vor garment, and the fabric is thus preserved from being torn.

I am aware that the metallic base and top plates of a stud, collar, or cuff button have been connected by a solid indiarubber shank or stem, in order to overcome the liability or' fracture Where a .rigid stem is used, and also to avoid unpleasant pressure against the body of the wearer due to a rigid shank in such articles; and I am also aware that in a separable button having a metallic head and clamp connected by a rigid stem a tubular rubber spring has been slipped upon the rigid stem to act as a spring in securing the parts to each other and to the fabric or garment, and do not herein claim the said constructions, because in the former the base-plate of the stud is never clamped to the garment, and therefore the flexible neck has no function in relieving the l l l l ,I l l garment from strain brought directly on a clamp, while in the latter the rigid stem, which connects the button and clamp, transmits the strain to the garment, notwithstanding the compressible rubber tube which surrounds the rigid stem.

Having thus described the nature and advantages of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a combined button and `fastener composed ol' a button. a flexible shank, and a rigid shoe, constructed substantially as described, and adapted to receive a suitable fastener, sub-l stantially as and for the purposes speeied.

lu testimony whereofI affix my signature, in presence oftwo witnesses, this 7th day of April, 188i.

lll ANES HAMBURGER.

\Viuesses:

I?. XV. RITTER, Jr., M. I. CAIMAN. 

